Invacare Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor in the $8.0 billion worldwide market for medical equipment used in the home. When the company was acquired in December 1979 by Mal Mixon and a small group of investors, it had $19.5 million in net sales and a limited product line of standard wheelchairs and patient aids.

Today, Invacare has reached approximately $1.5 billion in net sales and is the leading company in each of the following major, non-acute, medical equipment categories: power and manual wheelchairs, home care bed systems, and home oxygen systems. They are the only company in the home medical equipment industry with a full line of products in the rehab, respiratory, and standard (such as walkers, bath safety, wheelchairs, and beds) categories